Athens Accommodation

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or Athens accommodation? Athens is the capital city of Greece, a country which is known for its historical worldwide influence in philosophy and literature. Athens is known as the Cradle of Western Civilization and the birthplace of democracy. It is also one of the oldest and most historical cities in the world.

Athens City is the largest city in Greece and has a population of around 745,000 people. It is one of the foremost central areas and focal points of Greece’s culture, economy, industry, finance, and politics. In fact, it one of the world’s richest cities, which until today, continues to progress and expand further.

The name Athens was derived from the Greek goddess Athena. The city is also known as the first site of the modern Olympic Games. Athens has been inhabited for 7,000 years even from the Neolithic Period. During the Roman period, Greece was known as one of the best seats for education in the world. Even at present, it is one of the world’s main centers of archaeological research due to the many empires that had occupied the city that left thousands of relics, monuments and remnants of the old civilization.

Tourism is one of the major industries of Athens as the city stands on an area that is one of the most historically and culturally-rich places in the world. Some of the main sights and attractions in the city are the Old Royal Palace, National Library of Greece, New Royal Palace, Old Royal Palace, Zappeion Exhibition Hall, National Gardens of Athens, National Archaeological Museum, Cycladic Museum, Byzantine Museum, Heodes Atticus Theatre and Omonoia Square.